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Message: [QUOTE="brasssbonanzaa, post: 2635001, member: 794"] You still seem to not be able to get past this "good hard look" thing. First, how do you know AD Dave has [B]not[/B] taken a good hard look at Oats? Second, what is the evidence that Oats is worthy of this delay in the process so that he can be vetted, interviewed, negotiate with him, etc? We can't just go taking a good hard look at every single coach who has a couple of good games in the tournament when there's no other available evidence that he's worthy of being the head coach at UConn. Third, what intangibles do you see that are present and what kinds of intangibles are going to come up in an interview? This sounds more like a fishing expedition than an interview process. You have to consider candidates and only interview those who REALLY check the boxes you're looking for, and do it quick. Oats checks a few but has some very big red flags (flight risk, recruiting ties to the area, overall experience) that Dan Hurley does not. Dan Hurley isn't guaranteed to be the next Calhoun and make us a national title contender in three years, but of the available candidates he's the best option. He may not succeed, but no coach offers that guarantee. Dan Hurley has the fewest overall red flags. Others here have said AD Dave should just go get someone - who? Consider that Indiana's big program building hire was the coach of Dayton, another A-10 school. Did they settle too? They're Indiana, they should be able to go get whoever they want! You can't just go out there and pry away whoever you want. This "do a national search" nonsense is antiquated and out of touch thinking. Plus, how do you (not you necessarily, Fanatic) know AD Dave has [B]not[/B] done a "national search"? UConn wouldn't be "settling" with Hurley, it'd be hiring the best of the available pool of calculated risks. He is not guaranteed to succeed, he is not a slam dunk sure thing to lead us to domination again, he is not guaranteed to lead us to a national championship at any point in his potential career at UConn. But none of the other realistic candidates are either. That's not because we've fallen to a dumpster fire program, it's because no one - not even Indiana! - can just go hire whoever they want from anywhere. [/QUOTE]

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